ENGLISHAROUNDTHEWORLDUnit2AnAmericanwhovisitedEnglandwalkedintoahotelandpushedabuttonforelevatorservice.Theliftwillbedownsoon,saidanearbyclerk.Thelift?saidtheAmerican.Oh,youmeantheelevator.No,Imeanthelift,answeredtheEnglishmanangrily.IthinkIshouldknowwhatit'scalled,saidtheAmerican.“Afterall,elevatorswereinventedintheUnitedStates.Perhaps,“saidtheEnglishman.Butthelanguagewasinventedhere.LiftorelevatorListthecountriesthatuseEnglishasanofficiallanguage.官方语言,是在政府官方使用的语言,与民间语言相区别。由于国家和地区范围界定不同,官方语言只是个相对概念。具体而言就是一个国家通用的正式语言或者认定的正式语言。它是为适应管理国家事务的需要,在国家机关、正式文件、法律裁决及国际交往等官方场合中规定一种语言或几种语言为有效语言的现象。官方语言也是一个国家的公民与其政府机关通讯时使用的语言。有的国家只有一个官方语言,比如德国,有的国家有几个官方语言,比如香港。Longanddifficultsentences1.ItwasbasedmoreonGermanthantheEnglishwespeakatpresent.2.ThengraduallybetweenaboutAD800and1150,EnglishbecamelesslikeGermanbecausethosewhoruledEnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.当时的英语更多地是以德语为基础的,而现代英语不是。然后,渐渐地,大约在公元800年到1150年期间,英语不那么像德语了,因为那时的英国的统治者起初讲丹麦语后来讲法语。FastreadingUnderlinethekeysentenceofeachparagraphortellthemainideaofeachparagraphinyourownwords.1.ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.2.Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.3.WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?4.Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.5.EnglishisnowspokenwideinSouthAsia.CarefulreadingFinishComprehending1DiscussionWhydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?EnglishtradelearnforeignculturesurftheInternetentertainmentpassexamsHomeworkListthekeypoints.“suchas”,“becauseof”…….制作人:刘文华2010-9-15